Resilient wheel.



A. GANE. RESILIBNT WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED A`U(}.B, 1913.

Patented septzs, 1914.

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INVEN TOR MM awed BY @9g/Mi' ATTORNEY THE NORRIS PETERS C0.. PHnTo-LITHO.. WASHINGTON. nv c.

'ALFREDy CANE, or OAKLAND,` CALIFORNIA.

" RESMILIENT Winans.`

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 6, 1913.

Patented Sept. 29, 1914. Serial No. ?'83,26.?.`

To all whom t may concern;

Be it known that I, ALFRED GANE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Resilient Vheels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a resilient wheel.

The purpose of the invention is to pr0- vide a simple, durable, cheaply-manufac tured, easily-attached resilient tire- The object of the invention s to construct a resilient, puncture-proof tire which is built up of alternate layers of spring steel and wood, and which is so constructed that it may be appliedto the felly of any standard wheel now in use.

Further objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists of the parts and the construction and combination of parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of the wheel and tire partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the felly,`showing the tire in osition. l,

{eferring to the drawings: A indicates the hub, 2 the spokes, and `3 the felly of a standard wheel. felly is a metal ring 4, provided with an annular flange 5, upon the outer edge of which is formed an inwardly extending flange 6. The other side of the ring is open, as indicated in Fig. 2, for the purpose of permitting the application of a removable ring 7, which may be secured to the main ring 4 by any suitable means, or as here shown by screws 8. The removable vring 7 is also provided with an inwardly-turned flange 6a, and both flanges 6 and 6a are provided with a plurality of supporting lugs 9 and 9a.

Interposedbetween the flanges 5 and 7 is` Suitably secured to the wood. These alternate layers of spring steel 12 and wood 13 are preferably applied as a continuous strip which is wound about ring l0 into which the supporting lugs project; and circumferential movement is thus prevented.

A tire constructed of alternate layersor rings of wood and spring steelprcduces a highly t flexible, durable, puncture-proof structure. The 'wheel proper is entirely supported upon the inner `ring 10 of the tire by the lugs 9 and 9a, and sufficient space has been provided between the outer retaining flanges 6 and 6a andthe ring 4, as indicated at 15 and 16,to ermit the tire to contract or expand, as indicated by dotted lines at` 17, when encountering the usual road obstructions. The wheel supported within the flexible tire ring willthus be free and easy riding, as all road shocks are entirely absorbed by the tire ring.

The materials and finish of the several parts of the `wheel are such as experience and judgment of the manufacturer may dictate. c

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: i

In a resilient wheel, peripheral {ianges secured to the wheel fellyv and extending outwardly therefrom and having the outer edges thereof turned inwardly, a series of lugs disposed radially of the wheel and being secured to the inner circumference of each of said inturned portions of the flanges and extending inwardly toward the felly, the free ends of said lugs `being spaced from the felly, an elastic metallic ring surroundring having a series of depressed parts lo- In testimony whereof I hzwe hereunto set cated on each side thereof which form sockmy hand in the presence of two subscribing ets into Which the free ends of the respective Witnesses.

lugs project so as to prevent relative crcum- ALFRED CANE. ferental movement between the ring and Vitnesses:

` e11y,and an annular tire secured t0 the JOHN H. HERRING,

ring. W. W. HEALEY.

opies of this patent may be obtained for --ve centseach, by addressing the Commissioner of Batentn. Washington, D. C. 

